Determinants of Folate and Vitamin B(12) Deficiencies in Women of Reproductive Age: Insights from the 2018 National Nutrition Survey of Pakistan.

Iqbal J, Begum K, Zuberi R, Sajid M, Nausheen S, Chauhadry IA, Soofi SB, Bhutta ZA

DOI: 10.3390/nu18071128
Published: 2026 Mar 31
Container: Nutrients
Publisher: Not recorded
Open access: yes

Credibility signals

limited evidence Score 45/100 under policy 1.0.0. This is a metadata assessment, not a judgment of the paper's conclusions.

Show all credibility signals

cautionDOI registered: No matching Crossref record was present in this response. Source: Crossref; license: CC0 metadata
cautionDOI resolves: No matching Crossref record was present in this response. Source: Crossref; license: CC0 metadata
not scoredDirectory of Open Access Journals: No matching DOAJ record was present in this response. No allow-list match; this is not evidence of low credibility. Source: DOAJ; license: CC0
not scoredMEDLINE indexed: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredOpenAlex core source: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredKnown publisher allow-list: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredROR affiliation: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredRetraction Watch retraction: No retraction notice matched this DOI in the deployed snapshot. No matching event found; coverage may be incomplete. Source: Retraction Watch; license: CC BY 4.0
not scoredRetraction Watch expression of concern: No expression of concern notice matched this DOI in the deployed snapshot. No matching event found; coverage may be incomplete. Source: Retraction Watch; license: CC BY 4.0
not scoredRetraction Watch correction: No correction notice matched this DOI in the deployed snapshot. No matching event found; coverage may be incomplete. Source: Retraction Watch; license: CC BY 4.0
not scoredRetraction Watch reinstatement: No reinstatement notice matched this DOI in the deployed snapshot. No matching event found; coverage may be incomplete. Source: Retraction Watch; license: CC BY 4.0
supportingOpen access status: Normalized open-access status: open. Source: Normalized work metadata; license: Caller-provided; provenance license not supplied to scorer
not scoredPublication license: Not checked or no result supplied; no credibility inference made. Source: No authority result supplied; license: Unknown
not scoredPublication version: A publication version was supplied but is not scored. Source: Normalized work metadata; license: Caller-provided; provenance license not supplied to scorer
cautionMetadata completeness: 5 of 6 scored descriptive metadata groups are present; missing fields increase uncertainty. Source: Normalized work metadata; license: Caller-provided; provenance license not supplied to scorer

Cite this work

BibTeX

@article{allodium:10.3390/nu18071128,
  title = {Determinants of Folate and Vitamin B(12) Deficiencies in Women of Reproductive Age: Insights from the 2018 National Nutrition Survey of Pakistan.},
  author = {Iqbal J and Begum K and Zuberi R and Sajid M and Nausheen S and Chauhadry IA and Soofi SB and Bhutta ZA},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Nutrients},
  doi = {10.3390/nu18071128},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/nu18071128}
}

RIS

TY  - JOUR
TI  - Determinants of Folate and Vitamin B(12) Deficiencies in Women of Reproductive Age: Insights from the 2018 National Nutrition Survey of Pakistan.
AU  - Iqbal J
AU  - Begum K
AU  - Zuberi R
AU  - Sajid M
AU  - Nausheen S
AU  - Chauhadry IA
AU  - Soofi SB
AU  - Bhutta ZA
PY  - 2026
JO  - Nutrients
DO  - 10.3390/nu18071128
UR  - https://doi.org/10.3390/nu18071128
ER  -

APA

J, I., K, B., R, Z., M, S., S, N., IA, C., SB, S., & ZA, B. (2026). Determinants of Folate and Vitamin B(12) Deficiencies in Women of Reproductive Age: Insights from the 2018 National Nutrition Survey of Pakistan.. Nutrients. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu18071128

Source records

pubmed · retrieved 2026-09-25T14:48:21.305Z